researchers are alreadybeginning to challenge the pathology paradigm’s assumptions and recognize a need for systemicchange – not just in how we teach, but in how we approach our research.ConclusionsThrough this exploration of the use of neurodiversity terminology in engineering educationresearch, I have identified concerning patterns of misuse, pathologizing language, and relativelylimited work focused on neurodiversity in the EER literature. At the same time, neurodiv* use isbecoming increasingly popular, and researchers in engineering education are beginning torecognize the need for a major shift in how we approach neurodivergence.I have also introduced Walker’s work [1] through which to interpret the EER literature because Ibelieve it is an
function effectively on a team whose members together provide leadership, create a collaborative and inclusive environment, establish goals, plan tasks, and meet objectives [6]Programs necessarily define points within the curriculum where these outcomes are included incoursework. In some cases, these are included in coursework in ways where there may not be anatural fit in a typical lecture or lecture/laboratory course, or that appear to be contrived.Teamwork may consist of students put into groups based on proximity, with minimal instructionin how to effectively operate as a team; while this is indeed working within a group, it isarguably not effective teamwork [7]-[9]. Effective communication often consists of in-classpresentations
Paper ID #32683Capstone Projects Focused on the Evaluation of Existing StructuresDr. Jorge Antonio Tito P.E., University of Houston Jorge Tito is Assistant Professor of Engineering Technology. Dr. Tito received his Ph.D. and M.Sc. Degrees from the University of Puerto Rico, Mayag¨uez, Puerto Rico, in Civil Engineering with a major in Structures. He received the Civil Engineer Degree from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru. Dr. Tito has experience in teaching, structural design, and construction management, and is a Registered Professional Engineer. American c
Paper ID #22938Building Skills in Engineering: Hand and Power Tool Workshops for Confi-dence and RetentionDr. Pamela L Dickrell, University of Florida Dr. Pamela Dickrell is the Associate Director of the Institute for Excellence in Engineering Education, in the UF Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering. Her role as Associate Director of the Institute focuses on effective teaching methods and hands-on learning opportunities for undergraduate student engagement and retention. Dr. Dickrell received her B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Florida, specializing in Tribology
underrepresented minority students, and her research in the areas of recruitment and retention. A SWE and ASEE Fellow, she is a frequent speaker on career opportunities and diversity in engineering.Dr. Armando A. Rodriguez, Arizona State University Prior to joining the ASU Electrical Engineering faculty in 1990, Dr. Armando A. Rodriguez worked at MIT, IBM, AT&T Bell Laboratories and Raytheon Missile Systems. He has also consulted for Eglin Air Force Base, Boeing Defense and Space Systems, Honeywell and NASA. He has published over 200 tech- nical papers in refereed journals and conference proceedings – over 60 with students. He has authored three engineering texts on classical controls, linear systems, and multivariable
preliminary study on supporting writing transfer in an introductory engineering laboratory course,” in 2016 Proc. ASEE.21. D. Brent, “Crossing boundaries: Co-op students relearning to write,” CCC, vol. 63, no. 4, pp. 558-592, June 2012.22. M.N. Cleary, “Flowing and freestyling: Learning from adult students about process knowledge transfer,” CCC, vol. 64, no. 4, June 2013.23. S. Conrad, et al., “Students writing for professional practice: A model for collaboration among faculty, practitioners and writing specialists,” in 2015 Proc. ASEE.24. J. A. Donnell, et al., “Why industry says that engineering graduates have poor communication skills: What the literature says,” in 2011 Proc. ASEE.25. A. Devitt, “Teaching critical genre awareness
Russell, UCAR Center for Science EducationProf. Tamara Sumner I am a Professor at the University of Colorado, with a joint appointment between the Institute of Cognitive Science and the Department of Computer Science. I am currently serving as the Director of the Institute of Cognitive Science. I lead an interdisciplinary research and development lab that studies how compu- tational tools – combining cognitive science, machine intelligence, and interactive media – can improve teaching practice, learning outcomes and learner engagement. My research and teaching interests include personalized learning, learning analytics, cyberlearning environments, educational digital libraries, schol- arly communications, human
rain nor coffee.Mrs. Ashley Ann Thompson, University of Washington/PCS Structural Solutions Ashley is currently a design engineer with PCS Structural Solutions in Seattle, Washington. She served as the teaching assistant for the Engineering Rome study abroad program with the University of Washington.Sheryl Brandalik Page 26.640.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Engineering Rome: Assessing Outcomes from a Study Abroad Program Designed to Overcome Barriers to ParticipationAbstractWhile the necessity for global interconnectedness and an understanding of
Paper ID #19231A Framework to Guide the Implementation of Pre-College Service-LearningEngineering CurriculaSneha A. Tharayil, The University of Texas, Austin Sneha Tharayil is currently pursuing her PhD in STEM Education at the University of Texas at Austin. Her past experiences teaching middle school science and language arts as well as her involvement with national STEM teacher professional development initiatives like NASA Spaceward Bound and STEM Teacher and Researcher (STAR) internship with NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory inspired Sneha to develop a keen interest in pre-college engineering education. She sees
into future plans for makerspaces on the Boise State campus. As an undergraduate and graduate student, she has been involved with the Society of Women Engineers, and also taught a materials science laboratory course as a graduate teaching assis- tant. She has volunteered at numerous STEM outreach activities on and off of the Boise State campus throughout her time as a student and is passionate about increasing diversity in STEM and helping girls and women to recognize that STEM is a path that is open to them if they want to take it.Ms. Katherine Christine Tetrick, Washington State University Katherine directs the Washington STate Academic RedShirt (STARS) program at Washington State Uni- versity. She holds a Master
This is challenging for the students,especially in a group environment such as senior capstone design. Likewise, studies have shownthat the international students have a difficult time succeeding in courses requiring the students togive formal presentations, which is true in senior capstone design.9,36,54 During the qualitative datacollection, international students often cited the nontraditional mode of course presentationsinstead of traditional course learning modes (sitting in class or laboratory). Further, internationalstudents expressed concern that their limited English-speaking ability may adversely affect theirteam.It was also found that the student’s intrinsic value decreased overall from the beginning of the fallsemester of senior
Paper ID #45202Empowering Hispanic Engineers’ Success Towards Graduate Education withHybrid MentorshipFederico Cifuentes-Urtubey, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Federico Cifuentes-Urtubey is a Ph.D. Candidate in Computer Science at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. His research develops wireless system privacy enhancements for Wi-Fi protocols. While at Illinois, he interned at Apple, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, and Sandia National Labs. He served as the Graduate Ambassador in the SHPE chapter on campus to support a community of Hispanic graduate students in engineering. He has
Research Groups. With the firstmentorship seminar, the goal was to introduce the College of Engineering Mentoring Fellows,the purpose behind the Mentorship Seminar Series, explain how important the state of graduatestudent-faculty member relationships can be, give a break-down of mentor and mentee roles andresponsibilities, introduce the IDP as a tool for mentorship and teach graduate students howcreate their own IDP. The second seminar aimed to initiate the discussion about poor mentorshiprelationships, what it might look like, for example in a laboratory space, what factors cancontribute to inefficient mentoring, and educate attendees on how to improve their reactionstowards any mentoring problem that may arise to avoid creating further
Paper ID #37179Fostering Community at the Graduate Level: One University’s Student-ledApproachHaroula M. Tzamaras, Pennsylvania State University Haroula is a 3rd year PhD candidate studying human factors at Penn State and is the current president of GradWIE.Sierra HicksGabriella M. Sallai, Pennsylvania State University Gaby Sallai is currently a graduate student in the Mechanical Engineering department at Penn State. She is working under Dr. Catherine Berdanier in the Engineering Cognitive Research Laboratory (ECRL) studying the experiences of engineering graduate students. She received her Bachelor’s degree from
dilemma; the additional focus is to provide them useful professionaltools.18 The professional skills included teamwork with 360 peer evaluations and group contracts,design safety with fault tree analysis and calculations of risk priority numbers, and quality controlcalculating moving average and range charts process capabilities. 18Methodology of Course DeliveryFrom the pains of the pandemic, where classes were taught online for both programs for over oneyear, tools like Zoom, Blackboard Ultra Collaborator, Canvas, etc. were used and relied on likenever before. Delivering material online and still involving students interactively using breakoutvirtual rooms, has opened the doors to teaching courses between campuses in a manner notpreviously
courseBFCIT has their largest attrition rate after the first semester and a first semester project-based course mayhelp to address that. Research [17] has shown that highly impactful educational practices include firstyear experiences that involve teams in research and service learning. Therefore, in their first semester,freshman Scholars, as well as BFCIT EE freshmen, meet for six hours per week in three two-hoursessions, each led by a full-time EE faculty member, to work in teams on projects that teach aboutelectrical engineering; projects include those involving wind and solar energy, electric motors, robotics,and general electrical engineering laboratory tools such as oscilloscopes, signal generators, andmultimeters. Software such as LabVIEW™ and
) lab. Sepehr’s research focuses on his areas of interest, which include occupational safety and health, workforce training, and engineering ed- ucation. He is also involved in developing training materials and programs aimed at enhancing safety in the construction and general industries.Dr. Siyuan Song, University of Alabama Dr. Siyuan Song is an assistant professor and the director of the Safety Automation and Visualization En- vironment (SAVE) Laboratory in the Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering at the University of Alabama (UA). Prior to joining UA, she was an assistant professor in the School of Construction and Design at the University of Southern Mississippi. Dr. Song obtained her
Paper ID #39069Using Virtual Reality Cleanroom Simulation in a Mixed NanoelectronicsClassroomSean Letavish Sean Letavish has a BSc degree (2022) and a MSc degree (2023), both in Electrical Engineering from George Washington University. His interests lie at the intersection of virtual / augmented reality and engi- neering education. He has worked on a virtual reality cleanroom simulator to teach difficult concepts and skills such as nanofabrication and semiconductor manufacturing to support access and hands-on learning for a broad diversity of students and interested audiences.Ani Meliksetyan Ani Meliksetyan is a
literature that international students face different challengeswhen compared with domestic students [11]. One of the challenges includes engaging in a newacademic environment [2] and the academic challenges that come alongside that. Thesechallenges can be discipline-specific and are often unaddressed by the larger school-wide supportsystems. For example, understanding where to get tutoring support for specific technical classesor the differences between laboratory and lecture-based courses. Discipline-specific academicadvisors do offer this support to students, but many international students aren’t sure whatsupport they should be seeking in terms of academic items. Additionally, items such asmismatched writing strategies from a home country to the
California.Prof. Dominic J. Dal Bello, Allan Hancock College Dom Dal Bello is Professor of Engineering at Allan Hancock College (AHC), a California Community College between UC Santa Barbara and Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. He is Chair of the Mathematical Sciences Department, and Principal Investigator of the NSF S-STEM grant at AHC. He serves as Chair of the Two-Year College Division of ASEE, and Vice Chair/Community Colleges for the Pacific Southwest Section of ASEE.Mr. Jeff Jones P.E., Cuesta College Coming soon.Dr. Lizabeth L. Thompson, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo Lizabeth is a professor at Cal Poly, SLO in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. She has been teaching for 22 years and has
Paper ID #28911Work in Progress: Studying the Factors affecting Women Recruitment andRetention in EngineeringDr. Anu Osta, Rowan University Dr Anu Osta is a Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering Department at Rowan University. His teaching interests are Engineering Mechanics, Materials Science and Manufacturing.Dr. Jennifer Kadlowec, Baldwin Wallace University Jennifer Kadlowec is Professor and Program Chair of Engineering at Baldwin Wallace University. She previously was on the faculty of Mechanical Engineering in the Henry M. Rowan of College of Engineer- ing, Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ for 20 years. She has been an
perceived values. There were four salient categories of counterspaces each fostering avariety of values for these students. The findings of this study contribute to the current researcharound counterspaces applying an added context to Black engineering students. Counterspacesare a necessary entity to for Black engineering students to feel supported and connected to theirinstitutions. Ong suggests counterspaces can be physical, conceptual or ideological settings andthat by having counterspaces in close proximity to the power structures of STEM, engineeringprograms can “set the tone for what kinds of social behaviors are encouraged and tolerated inclassrooms, laboratories and other social space” [9]. This work sheds light upon thinking aboutthe
Paper ID #35207Project Ponderosa - Bridging Robot Simulation with DesignDr. Scott Matthew Boskovich, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Dr. Scott Boskovich received his degree in Electrical Engineering focusing on Intelligent Systems. He has over 20 years of design experience from industry and has been teaching for over 20 years, 15 years part- time and now is a tenured track professor in Electromechanical Engineering at Cal Poly Pomona. His primary focus of research is robotics, autonomous vehicles and embedded systems and teaches related subject matter courses.Dr. Chris Burns, Boys Republic Licensed
emphasis in Public Policy and Administration from Boise State University. Her thesis was entitled, ”Nanomanufacturing Outside of the Lab: An Academic-Industry Partnership Case Study.” She also re- ceived her B.S. in Materials Science & Engineering from Boise State in 2014. In the Spring of 2016, Ann was recognized as part of the first cohort of University Innovation Fellows at Boise State, and has worked as a Fellow to collect and incorporate student feedback into future plans for makerspaces on the Boise State campus. As an undergraduate and graduate student, she has been involved with the Society of Women Engineers, and also taught a materials science laboratory course as a graduate teaching assis- tant. She has
student learning. Tamara Moore received an NSF Early CAREER award in 2010 and a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) in 2012.Siddika Selcen Guzey, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering) Dr. Guzey is an assistant professor of science education at Purdue University. Her research and teaching focus on integrated STEM Education.Mr. Kyle Stephen Whipple, University of Minnesota c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Middle School Students’ Engineering Discussions: What Initiates Evidence-Based Reasoning? (Fundamental)Introduction and literature reviewAs part of an effort to remain internationally competitive, the United
Research;” and “Theiterative loop: Evaluating your design and your data.” Two additional workshops providedinformation on skills needed to be successful in research: developing a literature review, titled“What do we already know? Learning to find and search references” and scientificcommunication, titled “Tell me about it – how to communicate your results and success.” Thetraining the students received in creativity was also intended to be reinforced through theindividual mentoring each student received from the assigned faculty member.Program evaluation was conducted by a member of the College’s teaching and learning centerand a graduate student from the College of Education. The evaluation focused on whether or notthe REU was meeting intended
) students. In February 2019, Andrea received the prestigious National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER award to research professional identity development processes in undergraduate AEC women. She has also received grants from East Coast Construction Services, Engineering Information Foundation, and the Na- tional Association of Home Builders. Dr. Ofori-Boadu was selected to participate in the 2019 QEM-NSF INCLUDES summit. In 2018, she was selected as a 2018 National Science Foundation - NC A & T ADVANCE IT Faculty Scholar. She also received the 2018 CoST Teaching Excellence Merit Award. Dr. Ofori-Boadu received both the 2017 NC A & T - CoST Rookie Research Excellence Award and the 2017 North Carolina A &
(STS) from Virginia Tech. Dr. Jesiek draws on expertise from engineering, computing, and the social sciences to advance under- standing of geographic, disciplinary, and historical variations in engineering education and practice.Prof. Natascha Trellinger Buswell, University of California, Irvine Natascha Trellinger Buswell is an assistant teaching professor in the department of mechanical and aerospace engineering at the University of California, Irvine. She received her B.S. in aerospace engi- neering from Syracuse University and her Ph.D. in engineering education from the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. She is particularly interested in teaching conceptions and methods and graduate level
Paper ID #22398A Methodology and Experience of Facilitating International Capstone Projectsfor Multidisciplinary Fields: Costa Rica Internet of Things (IoT) Case StudyDr. Karim Altaii, James Madison University Dr. Altaii holds a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering, and received his doctorate from The City University of New York. He is a registered Professional Engineer. He holds five patents in solar energy applications and in an irrigation system. He is the director of the JMU international summer program in Costa Rica. He is the Director of the Advanced Thermal-Fluids laboratory at James Madison University. His primary
Professor in the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering at Gannon University in the US. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs in 2005. His research interests include embedded systems, rapid prototyping with FPGA, biometrics, and engineering education.Dr. Horst Hohberger, University of Michigan - Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute Dr. Horst Hohberger is an Associate Teaching Professor for Mathematics at the UM-SJTU Joint Insti- tute (JI) and also serves as the Faculty Advisor for International Programs. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Potsdam, Germany in 2006. His research interests include semiclassical asymptotics, scattering theory and Maslov